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Judi Lynn

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Tue Aug 30, 2022, 02:24 PM Aug 2022

Scientists harness powers of Webb and Hubble in stunning galactic image

Stare deeply.
By Mark Kaufman on August 30, 2022



The Webb telescope's view of the object M74, the "Phantom Galaxy." Credit: ESA / Webb / NASA / CSA / J. Lee And The PHANGS-JWST Team / Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt

New images from humanity's most powerful space telescopes — the legendary Hubble telescope and its successor the James Webb Space Telescope — reveal unprecedented detail in this magnificent distant spiral galaxy. It's 32 million light-years away.

The over 30-year-old Hubble telescope views light we can see (visible light), while the Webb telescope views a type of light with longer wavelengths (called "infrared light&quot that isn't visible to us. Together, these instruments gather bounties of data that reveal new insights about what lies in the distant cosmos.

More:
https://mashable.com/article/james-webb-space-telescope-phantom-galaxy-hubble

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Scientists harness powers of Webb and Hubble in stunning galactic image (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2022 OP
Wow! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #1
Cool Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #2
How are the Webb infrared light transposed into photos... brush Aug 2022 #3
The software changes pixel bits in a systematic way Tetrachloride Aug 2022 #5
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #4

brush

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3. How are the Webb infrared light transposed into photos...
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 02:35 PM
Aug 2022

also, how are they combined with Hubble visible light images?

Tetrachloride

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5. The software changes pixel bits in a systematic way
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 04:45 PM
Aug 2022

Last edited Wed Aug 31, 2022, 12:06 AM - Edit history (1)

Ordinary software such as Lightroom is one.

Probably extra massaging of data from Webb occurs due to “format”.

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